After the Slytherin versus Hufflepuff match, the atmosphere at school grew increasingly strange.
Though Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall outwardly displayed an air of magnanimous indifference, Professor McGonagall privately booked the Quidditch Pitch for three days, and the Weasley brothers trained every day.
Professor Snape, meanwhile, directly excused the Slytherin players from a week's worth of homework!
The students of both Houses were suppressing a burning rage. The upcoming match had transcended athletic competition; it was like a true wizarding duel.
Thus, the Little Wizards compared the current situation to a duel between Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin.
Everyone could clearly see that Slytherin had gained a true heir, while Godric Gryffindor's thousand-year legacy seemed to have developed some problems...
In the past, the Little Lions drew attention wherever they went. Now, they only received cold looks.
In contrast, the Little Snakes were growing closer to the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students, who naturally wanted Slytherin to defeat Gryffindor.
As they gradually got to know one another, the Little Wizards discovered that Slytherin students were nothing like the outside world described them—paranoid, strange, and difficult to communicate with. In fact, a qualified Slytherin was not evil at all, merely arrogant and prickly.
Over the past few days, Slytherin House's standing had actually risen—despite the Little Snakes doing absolutely nothing. It was all thanks to comparison with their peers.
Monday noon, at the Slytherin table.
After a sixth-year Ravenclaw girl struck up a conversation with Moriarty, Jericho eagerly ran over to him and laid several badges in his hands before Moriarty.
"Props made by some Ravenclaw upperclassmen. They're really interesting," Jericho said with a cheeky grin.
The badges were large and gleamed brightly.
They bore a moving image of Moriarty riding a broomstick on the Quidditch Pitch, flying back and forth.
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